Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Symbio, Michelin and Faurecia’s hydrogen joint venture, announced an agreement with Germany’s Schaeffler to create a joint venture dedicated to the production of bipolar plates, a key component of membrane fuel cells. The joint venture will be based in Haguenau, Alsace, where it will commission a first plant in 2024. This plant is expected to reach a production of 50 million wafers per year and employ more than 120 people by 2030. Symbio and Schaeffler will be its only customers. Equally owned by automotive suppliers Michelin and Faurecia, Symbio aims to have a production capacity of 200,000 hydrogen fuel cells…

Wolftank Group has entered into a partnership with Molgas Energia Italia. The Molgas Group is a market leader in the energy services industry, distributing and transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to areas not serviced by gas pipelines. Molgas, a major player in Southern Europe, is now expanding its influence throughout Europe through organic expansion and acquisitions. The internationally active Wolftank Group develops and executes cutting-edge technology and infrastructure solutions for zero-emission mobility, such as the delivery of modular, turnkey hydrogen and LNG refueling stations. In European markets, the two corporations intend to develop a double-digit number of LNG and hydrogen…

Roberto Cantone, the Italian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, stated that his nation was strengthening its cooperation with other gas-exporting countries in order to diversify its gas supply and attain independence from Russia. In this sense, he emphasized that his nation was eager to build a long-term collaboration with a future source of hydrogen such as the Kingdom. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Cantone noted that cooperation in the energy sector would include renewable energy sources and hydrogen, as the Kingdom is investing in the transition to carbon neutrality through its Saudi Green Initiative and Italy has extensive experience in all…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to support the $8 billion program of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act to establish regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across the United States. H2Hubs will establish networks of hydrogen producers, consumers, and local connecting infrastructure in order to expedite the adoption of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier. DOE’s strategy for reaching President Biden’s goals of a 100 percent clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 relies heavily on the production, processing, delivery, storage, and final use of clean hydrogen, including new industrial uses.…

Poseidon Marine H2 is one step closer to launching a hydrogen-powered boat by the third quarter of 2023 after commissioning a finite element study of their designs using monies collected from their current capital raise via the web platform VCEX. An independent company’s testing will provide Poseidon Marine H2 with a proof-of-concept for their technology, which will allow boats to operate on several fuels, including diesel and hydrogen. By the end of August 2022, the company will have provisionally patented their technology and will have initiated the certification process with insurers. They will then be able to create licensing deals…

According to a regulation issued, blue and green hydrogen projects would be eligible for the same tax benefits as non-conventional renewable energy projects.

The project proposes to transfer blue hydrogen to Japan in the form of methylcyclohexane as a carrier.

“Public acceptance is the key to success in creating a hydrogen economy.” That’s the conviction of the European Parliament. It gets it right. Hydrogen is a highly flammable element. That is why MEPs are focusing on safety issues and want to ensure that this does not hold back this still young but promising energy carrier. The war in Ukraine may speed things up. On March 8, the European Commission proposed a plan to increase Europe’s energy independence from Russian fossil fuels by 2030. This shift could benefit hydrogen. The Commission stressed that clean hydrogen is the “essential missing piece of…

Acciona and Enagás shelve their project to install a green hydrogen plant in the Outer Port of A Coruña. As Economía Digital Galicia has been able to confirm, the two companies have decided not to go ahead with their plan to launch this infrastructure with the support of the European Next Generation funds. The project once outlined by the two companies with presence in the Ibex 35 was in an initial phase and has not reached greater heights of development. The objective sought with this plant was to take advantage of the electrical energy either from wind turbines installed in…

New system provides a simple and fast way to use hydrogen that, according to its creators, can be used both to power vehicles and to power homes. In the midst of the transition to more sustainable forms of energy with lower emissions, serious doubts are beginning to appear about the future of lithium batteries and their capacity as a form of long-term storage. One of the most interesting options to replace them is in ‘green’ hydrogen and the new advances that have recently been made in this field. The latest comes from Toyota, which has presented through its R&D subsidiary,…